I got mine from PetSmart and they are snail free and do really well : tubes and bags are both great products. I did QT them in tank water for 2-3 days just to acclimate them and allow the gel to get loosened up to be removed.

I had great luck with just rinsing well, letting sit in a bowl of water for a day (I couldn't get to planting until the next day), then using a chop stick to make small holes and dropping in a "plug" of hairgrass. I put mine about a 1/4 of an inch away from each other.

I frequently see pictures of hairgrass being planted almost stem by stem. I am sure there is some benefit to that method of which I am unaware, but it would drive me batty.

I have noticed that areas that receive less than very direct light are growing slower and are more prone to diatoms (new tank syndrome).

I got the dwarf hair grass and the pink leaves one. Pink leaves were great! But the grass was beyond difficult to work with so I gave up on it. Pink leaves are doing great however. I do believe they are the bottom two in your pic.

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